net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.index

Interface IdentifierIndexIF

All Superinterfaces:

IndexIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

IdentifierIndex, IdentifierIndex

public interface IdentifierIndexIF
extends IndexIF

PUBLIC: Index that holds information about identifiers in the topic map. The intention is to provide quick lookup of identifiers by prefix and topicmap.

Since:

5.4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<LocatorIF>	getItemIdentifiers() PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.
Collection<LocatorIF>	getItemIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix) PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.
Collection<LocatorIF>	getSubjectIdentifiers() PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.
Collection<LocatorIF>	getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix) PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.

Method Detail

getItemIdentifiers

Collection<LocatorIF> getItemIdentifiers()

PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.

Returns:

all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap.

Since:

5.4.0

getItemIdentifiersByPrefix

Collection<LocatorIF> getItemIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)

PUBLIC: Returns all the item identifiers of all the objects in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.

Returns:

all the matched item identifiers

Since:

5.4.0

getSubjectIdentifiers

Collection<LocatorIF> getSubjectIdentifiers()

PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.

Returns:

all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap.

Since:

5.4.0

getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix

Collection<LocatorIF> getSubjectIdentifiersByPrefix(String prefix)

PUBLIC: Returns all the subject identifiers of all the topics in the topicmap that start with the provided prefix.

Returns:

all the matched subject identifiers

Since:

5.4.0